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Τhe time of Justinian has attracted for a long time and continues to attract the attention of historians. The understanding of Justinian’s personality, his achievements
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Secular historians study Christianity as a purely historical phenomenon, and the history implies variation and change. A Christian approach to history does not deny the
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In modern patristic scholarship rehabilitation of old time heretics is a more frequent exercise than posthumous condemnation of authors who won the respect of generations.
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We mentioned earlier the great spiritual legacy which the Orthodox Church has inherited from its medieval forebear, the Byzantine Church . This legacy embraces the
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The circumstances of the great schism which divided the Eastern Church in connection with the Council of Chalcedon are generally better known than the various